Honch -
Ghetto Scriptures
(Official Music Video)
Directed by Jen Strogatz Photography X Major Films
What // Official music video for ‘Ghetto Scriptures'
Who // Honch
Notes // I teamed up with Major Films’ Dru Major to direct the official music video for Honch’s “Ghetto Scriptures.”
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Photographer/filmmaker Jen Strogatz and Grammy-award winning record producer, Aaron Levinson of Range Recording Studio decide to join creative forces to create an entirely new turnkey agency for multimedia production, studio photography, video production, content creation and artist services in their hometown of Philadelphia.
Me rapping Feese's song "No Time" in between shooting for his new music video for "Giddy Up."
If the old adage runs true: that it’s hip to be square, then it stands to reason that it’s simply cool AF to be cubed. Philly got to witness the sensation of Deadmau5’s Cube v. 3.0 on back to back nights: Thursday, January 23 and Friday, January 24, 2020, at the Met on North Broad Street.
LIGHTS was the Thursday night supporting act with Jay Robinson doing the honors for the Friday night show. Both openers did an admirable job of warming up the capacity crowds at The Met as fans anxiously awaited the headlining act.
Deadmau5 fans who have become accustomed to 90-minute headlining sets were in for a treat both nights as he stretched his performances to around two-and-a-half hours. We would be remiss if we didn’t mention the visual spectacle that is The Cube in a venue as gorgeous as The Met. It was simply stunning. The visuals that appeared on the rotating cube throughout the evening consisted of everything from Deadmau5’s logo to Pac Man to race cars.
The shows consisted of a mix of crowd favorites like ‘Moar Ghosts N Stuff’, ‘Raise Your Weapon’, ‘The Veldt’, and a ten-minute rendition of ‘Strobe’, from a variety of Deadmau5’s albums (except, surprisingly, for Random Album Title). Interwoven with some new tracks from his forthcoming album (including ‘Drama Free’ which he performed with LIGHTS) and even a few rare, unreleased songs that the die-hard fans surely recognized, Deadmau5 took fans on a journey through sight and sound.
Whether you knew his music before coming to the show, or experienced it for the first time, everyone was there to have a great time and have their eyes, ears, and minds blown.
His final encore of the two-night run consisted of ‘Bridged by a Lightwave’ and ‘Monophobia’.
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Show review originally posted on independentphilly.comJanuary 23 + January 24, 2020
IndependentPhilly.com - Deadmau5 Cube V.3.0 at the Met Philly
If the old adage runs true: that it's hip to be square, then it stands to reason that it's simply cool AF to be cubed. Philly got to witness the sensation of Deadmau5's Cube v. 3.0 on back to back nights, Thursday, January 23 and Friday, January 24, 2020, at the Met on North Broad Street.
Swift Technique is a Philadelphia-based musical collective that I work with on an ongoing basis (for media, content creation, graphic design, marketing and pr). Established in 2007, the band has a unique hybrid blend of funk, soul, rock, hip-hop and relentless showmanship as well as live performances that are unmatched in energy, musicianship and pure feel-good fun.
These are some photos and videos that I took of Swift while they rehearsed their newest single Landlord for their [December 31, 2019] New Years Eve concert with Lady Alma at the Boom Room in Fishtown. Philadelphia, PA.
Swift Technique with Lady Alma, Aaron Goode (Trombone for The Roots, Jay Z, Eminem, among many others, currently touring with John Legend), Arnetta Johnson (Trumpet for Beyonce, Jay Z, The Roots, and more…) at Boom Room Studios in Fishtown, Philadelphia.
(Originally published on Independentphilly.com)
“As I hold my little boy’s hand
feel him growing’ up so fast
and my father holds on to mine
feel him shaken’ hands with time
It’s a little bit sweet
It’s a little bit bitter
Little Bit Sweet”
A little bit sweet and a little bit bitter perfectly describes the surreal experience that was the Wood Brothers live at the Fillmore in Fishtown. Brothers Oliver and Chris Wood, have been playing together all of their lives and it was a little bit sweet to see this roots-rock-country powerhouse pack Philly’s finest room. But sometimes the magnetic verse and acoustic gemstones produced on stage are best suited for a more intimate venue leaving some hard core fans a little bit bitter that their best kept secret is no longer their own. Anytime these brothers together with now permanent third member Jano Rix bring their songs to life pure magic and true beauty ensues. Most that bear witness leave with their hearts & souls transformed.
The magic is in the music which goes right to the heart. The three creators together seem much larger than the sum of their parts. Pound for pound Chris Wood is easily the most versatile bass player alive today – i challenge anyone to find an instrumentalist that can jump from electric to acoustic with such skill, ease and alacrity. Jano plays both drums and keyboards (at the same time!) and seems like he has 7 brains all firing simultaneously at lightning speed. And then there’s Oliver who might be the most underrated slide guitarist on the scene today – able to shred like Duanne Allman or switch to acoustic and pick like Chet Atkins.
But the true beauty of any Brothers song resides in the poetry that takes over the soul. Though emotional struggle is a repeated thread, so too is the warm solace of how much wisdom comes from hard times. There’s also a certain simplicity to their almost Buddha like way of celebrating the simple joys of life. Credit their mother, a poet, who instilled a passion for storytelling and a turn of phrase coupled with the unrivaled bond of a shared childhood and emotional journey for creating a powerful pen to match their battle born musical swords.
As Oliver Wood shared with us, “This is the biggest crowd we’ve ever played for in Philly and we’re so happy because $1 from every ticket sold will go towards helping women survivors recover and heal from trafficking, prostitution, and addiction.”
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About Jen Strogatz
Jen is a portrait photographer and music video director based out of Philadelphia, PA.
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